Big Mama Thornton
Videos
Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton, was an American singer and songwriter of blues and R&B.
Thornton c. 1955–1960
Johnny Ace
Videos
John Marshall Alexander Jr., known by the stage name Johnny Ace, was an American rhythm-and-blues singer. He had a string of hit singles in the mid-1950s. He emerged as a prominent figure in postwar R
Big Mama Thornton
…While performing Christmas Day 1954 at the City Auditorium in Houston, Texas, Thornton tried to intervene as fellow Duke and Peacock record performer Johnny Ace was playing with a new .32 caliber revolver in the backstage dressing room during that evening's show. In an official deposition taken at 12:40 am the…
Ace in 1954